Hi,
The MapScript API docs are back online - see
https://mapserver.org/mapscript/mapscript-api/stub/mapscript.classObj.html#mapscript.classObj
The setText() method should give you what you need. Example (using Python):
s = mapscript.classObj(layer)
# other style and label stuff
s.setText('(tostring(([SQKM]),"%.0f")+" km2")')
# check the output using
print(s.convertToString())
When using updateFromString it will replace everything in the classObj hence
the error.
Seth
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On Fri, Oct 20, 2023, at 9:16 PM, Trygve Aspenes via MapServer-users wrote:
> Hi
>
> So I have made a contour plot from a raster. Works nicely.
> Then I added labels to give context to the contours. Fine.
> Now I want to format the labels.
>
> I have found this post
> https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/350089/round-number-for-label-in-mapserver
>
> suggesting a syntax:
> TEXT (tostring(([SQKM]),"%.0f")+" km2")
>
> Nice, but I use mapscript. And I do not understand nor find any examples
> how I could do this with mapscript
> I tried with:
> s = mapscript.classObj(layer)
> <other style and label stuff>
> s.updateFromString('TEXT (tostring(([SQKM]),"%.0f")+" km2")')
>
> But I get:
> EOFError: loadClass(): Premature End-of-File.
>
> So obviously not correct.
>
> Is there someone who could suggest what could be wrong here or what else
> to look at and try?
>
> Trygve Aspenes
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